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Shark Week starts tomorrow on Discovery...anyone else excited?
ChloeTheGreat|1312070188|2980784 said:I have not ever watched any of it before...but the commercials for the show about the Great Whites looked pretty cool!
hawaiianorangetree|1312076644|2980847 said:Hmm... My husband is a surfer, he lost one of his best mates to the first shark attack in WA for decades so we are not allowed to watch anything shark related at all, ever. It sucks because I find them fascinating.
centralsquare|1312069772|2980777 said:Shark Week starts tomorrow on Discovery...anyone else excited?
packrat|1312081033|2980893 said:Shark Week anymore isn't what it used to be..I don't watch it as much now. Tho, the Air Jaws shows were excellent. I've had a fascination w/sharks since I was..6 or so. I watch all the lame-o shark movies and help moderate on a shark message board. Sean Van Sommeran posted there a bit along w/some other people in the shark community.
sphenequeen|1312087432|2980935 said:centralsquare|1312069772|2980777 said:Shark Week starts tomorrow on Discovery...anyone else excited?
Heck yes!
My husband and I try to catch as much of shark week as we can. I love it!
Dancing Fire|1312095543|2980975 said:i love shark fin soup...
nkarma|1312097228|2980986 said:I heart Discovery for doing Shark Week.
centralsquare|1312132106|2981103 said:Dancing Fire|1312095543|2980975 said:i love shark fin soup...
maplefemme|1312153868|2981255 said:Tipple makes some valid, rational, points. I hope we see some of his work during shark week...
http://luketipple.com/journal/all-personal/174-how-many-sharks-are-killed-each-year-lbrgwhy-you-may-be-wrong
centralsquare|1312154575|2981260 said:maplefemme|1312153868|2981255 said:Tipple makes some valid, rational, points. I hope we see some of his work during shark week...
http://luketipple.com/journal/all-personal/174-how-many-sharks-are-killed-each-year-lbrgwhy-you-may-be-wrong
Interesting article...humans fear sharks but there are certainly a lot of reasons for them to fear us!
maplefemme|1312155512|2981276 said:centralsquare|1312154575|2981260 said:maplefemme|1312153868|2981255 said:Tipple makes some valid, rational, points. I hope we see some of his work during shark week...
http://luketipple.com/journal/all-personal/174-how-many-sharks-are-killed-each-year-lbrgwhy-you-may-be-wrong
Interesting article...humans fear sharks but there are certainly a lot of reasons for them to fear us!
Yes, it's a big mess, but when you consider tropic transfer of methylmercury in these apex predators to us, maybe the consumed will out-survive the consumer. Mercury levels in some species of sharks netted off the coast of Florida last year were at 3.3ppm
centralsquare|1312161686|2981314 said:maplefemme|1312155512|2981276 said:centralsquare|1312154575|2981260 said:maplefemme|1312153868|2981255 said:Tipple makes some valid, rational, points. I hope we see some of his work during shark week...
http://luketipple.com/journal/all-personal/174-how-many-sharks-are-killed-each-year-lbrgwhy-you-may-be-wrong
Interesting article...humans fear sharks but there are certainly a lot of reasons for them to fear us!
Yes, it's a big mess, but when you consider tropic transfer of methylmercury in these apex predators to us, maybe the consumed will out-survive the consumer. Mercury levels in some species of sharks netted off the coast of Florida last year were at 3.3ppm
oh, interesting -- never realized that. It's actually quite scary, really.
TristanC|1312164988|2981348 said:I think any one commercial airline crash has killed more people than all the recorded shark deaths though.
TristanC|1312164988|2981348 said:I heart Mercury.
It might be the only thing that saves these Apex predators from gradual fringe existentialism due to over harvesting. I'm asian, and I've given up sharks fin soup for 19 years. Can't say I've made a difference, but I think I've personally prevented the consumption of maybe 3 shark's worth of fins so far. It is a pretty pathetic battle.
I love sharks. But I'm so sorry to hear about the loss of your husband's friend. I think any one commercial airline crash has killed more people than all the recorded shark deaths though.
Shame DF.
centralsquare|1312166170|2981362 said:TristanC|1312164988|2981348 said:I think any one commercial airline crash has killed more people than all the recorded shark deaths though.
There have only been 9 deaths in CA since 1926 from sharks. That said, I still don't swim in the water!
centralsquare|1312166468|2981368 said:Do you watch Whale Wars?
maplefemme|1312167294|2981381 said:centralsquare|1312166468|2981368 said:Do you watch Whale Wars?
No, I have to see that series!
centralsquare|1312174336|2981432 said:maplefemme|1312167294|2981381 said:centralsquare|1312166468|2981368 said:Do you watch Whale Wars?
No, I have to see that series!
It's really not about the whales as much as it is the sea shepherd organization. But, they do risk their lives to save whales.
maplefemme|1312175126|2981441 said:centralsquare|1312174336|2981432 said:maplefemme|1312167294|2981381 said:centralsquare|1312166468|2981368 said:Do you watch Whale Wars?
No, I have to see that series!
It's really not about the whales as much as it is the sea shepherd organization. But, they do risk their lives to save whales.
I was at our annual Folk Fest last week and a vendor had these sea shepherd t-shirts mixed in with other gear, I wondered what they were all about.
I'll definitely check it out.
Did you see the "Jean-Michel Cousteau: Ocean Adventures"?